Extensible holder.



L. H. ADAMSON.

EXTENSIBLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- I3. 1915.

1,203,562. r Patented Nov. 7,1916,

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To all whom it may concern .5

Be it known that I, H

citizen of the United States,residing, Rogers, inthe county of pBenton and State I of Arkansas, haveinvented a ncw and uSeiY ful Extensible Holder, of which the following is a specification. I II I I I The present invention appertainsto 21111 62? tensible holder, and isparticularly an nnprovenoe'nt over the c ufisbutton ,or, link dis It closed in my Patent. June23, 1914; I I

The present invention No. 1,101,049, issued the provision of a novel and in proved holdging device ofsuchconstruotion an d qpere-z tion that a- -pair of. terminal ln'embers niay be normally pulled or drawn close together,

and may be moved apart, 7

The device Ima-y b as a f holder, as. eye glassor spectacleholder, and for kindred, her purposes It is also ithin thescope or, to provide an extensible holder Whrchis 1m;

proved generally in its construction. and defff tails, to, enhance I the utility, and efliciency bled in unique manner to thedejsired ends. vVVi th the foregoing and;other objects in View which will a p ar asthe; description P e h n i jrbs ds. n e .CQmbiT nationia nd, arrangement of parts and in the details of cqnstmetiqn' hereinafter described, v and claifnedgbeing lunderstood that changes inthe'; precise embodiment ofthe invention herein? dis closed can be} Within thefscopeof vhatieclaiined Without departing from the spirit ofithe invention.-

They invention is illustrated I the acconr" s a side elevi 'fiiQn ofth e the cufl' roll'ed up. Qanelevationlpf wareness. 1

portions of the cords beingbroken away ,Beferring partic'ula-rlysto ,Figsl l to' 6, in

e u i e. he in. 'h n i i (em died. 11 a cuflaholder, the cuff holder comprises a.

central} on.intermediate.shelli orf-case '1,- pref.-

' eiiilqly. Constructed of hefme a coin-p1 prising'a relatively large section 2, having a 1 a circular op-eningB. at one side, and vvhiehiis nrinally' closed by the 'snialler -sectionl 4 ,of, the shell. i s-The] shell approximately. I I spherical in contoun althoughit finay beIof for its object I various formations, Thefsectionl gas ed-g vided at diametrically iopposite 'pointsl{with V apertures, the apertures 4: being arranged apertures-M and beads 5 surrounding said adjacent theopeningf 3.

. The margin or edge of secured uponlthe periphery 01 rim' of a cup shaped member 6'Whichfits snugly Within the opening, 3 of the' section 2, ofethe shell,

tdlfastenfthe two sectionsfl of 'thefshellfto-w ather; Q'llhe dge or ftheiriin 'ofthe embe 6 is" provided i vith outtur'ned lips or tongues 7 which are adaptedl tdjbe lp asfsed through recesses, 8; providedin that edge ofithe secuse Zdefined by ,theopning 3 wherebytheg sections 2' (and 4 may. be assembled by mov;

in g the'; lips;

orflatphifig the together;

shell 1", thesarne having roundgd ends seated betive'en ,thelapertures 4t, and is arranged at right.,.aI g1es to line connecting the said 7 I I through,thef'recesseslg gand then turning the'f,setir nqs. relative", to 011 585, another so that theilips '7 en age behind the f reSPective edgeof the section 2 vfor locking] two sections -,of' the shell inleentraloutstrujck portionslor seats :10 and ll f-iv'ith 'Whichthe respective sections 2 and 7. 4t are provided. Iflhe' spindle" 9 is, dispo'sed apertures, A sleeve or hub LIZ-is mounted; for rotation upon the spindle ,9 between the an (annular,reeLQmeInber ,or; drunii ,13 is mounted for, I rotation upon ithe sleeve 12, The reel men lbeil 13} isjs'hort'er, thanfthe sleeve 12, and" a pair. or 14 and 15; are secured upon the, member .13 to I provide the ri nof the. reel. ,The rings 'lan'd 15 ,M

nieinberor partitionfiandthesection 2, and. y

provided. at theirfrernoteedges ith annular outturned flanges' lG and 17, an'd' the flangeI I l'iislprpvided With nn a num fl ngeis,

A spiral spr n ais disposed between the reel and the nernber G and'ha's its outerrend secured to the rim of the member 6 and its inner end secured to sleeve 12, and a similar spring 20 is disposed within the flange 18 of the reel, and has its outer end attached to the flange 18 and its inner end attached to the sleeve 12. The springs 19 and 20 extend in opposite directions whereby when one spring is wound up, the other will also be wound up, or in other words, whereby the springs wind and unwind simultaneously.

Cords or flexible elements 21 pass through the apertures l and have their inner ends secured to the rings 14L and 15 whereby the springs 19 and20 in unwinding will nor-- mally wind the cords 21 upon the reel to bring the remote ends of the cords 21 adjacent the shell 1.

Buttons or heads 22 are attached to the remote or outer ends of the cords 21, each of the buttons 22 comprising an outer curved plate 23, and a flat inner plate 24, the edge or margin of the plate 23 being beaded or bent over the edge of the plate 24, as at in order to provide a hollow knob. The inner plate 24 is provided with an elongated slot 26, and with a depression or concaved seat 27 intermediate the ends of the slot 26.

The outer plate 23 is provided with a depression or concaved seat 28 opposite the depression or seat 27, and a ball or spherical member 29 is seated between and rotatable within the seats 27 and 28. A tubular shank 30 has one end secured within the ball 29 and projects through the slot 26, and a tubular member 81 is secured within the shank 30 and the cord 21 projects or passes through the member 31 and is provided with a knot 32 within the ball 29 for anchoring the respective end of the respective cord 21 to the knob or button The protruding end of the shank 30 is provided with longitudinal slots 33 whereby the protruding end of the shank may contract and expand, and said end of the shank is provided with a bead 34.

In use, the buttons or knobs 22 are engaged outwardly through the button holes of the cuff C so that the shanks 30 of the button project inwardly through the buttonholes, and the shell 1 will lie between the ends of the cuff, the parts being constructed of suitable size in order that the cuff holder will not be cumbersome. The buttons 22 are mounted for oscillation upon the shanks 30, since the balls 29 may oscillate or rotate within the buttons 22, and the shanks 30 may oscillate within the slots 26, and in this manner the buttons 22 may be swung toward the axes of the shanks 30 so that the buttons can be readily slipped outwardly through the button-holes, in applying the holder to the cuff. The protruding ends of the shanks 30 of the buttons are normally snapped through the apertures 4 within the heads 5 of the shell 1, to attach the three main parts of the holder, or to attach the buttons to the shell 1, so that the ends of rolled back upon the sleeve, without the P necessity of detaching the holder or cuff button from the cuff, since the shanks 30 of the buttons 22 may be drawn out of engagement with the shell 1, and the buttons can be separated as indicated in Fig. 5, to allow the cuff to be rolled or folded back upon the sleeve, as illustrated in Fig. 6. The cords 21 being separated with the buttons 22, will be unwound from the reel, and the reel will be rotated against thetension of the spring 20, the spring 20 carrying the sleeve 12 therewith, and this will also serve to wind up the spring 19 with the spring 20. The springs 19 and 20 normally tend to retract the cords and wind the same upon the t reel, for moving the shanks 30 into engagement with the shell 1, although when the shanks are disengaged from the shell 1, the buttons or terminal members may be readily separated for opening the cuff, in putting on or taking off the shirt, or for enabling the and to be readily rolled or folded back. The protruding ends of the button shanks 30 are adapted to snap into and out of engagement with the shell 1,

winding the cords 21 upon thereel to yieldably move the buttons toward one another and toward the shell 1.

The component parts of the device may be readily assembled, and the structure is such that the device may be made relatively small, and at the same time, the parts may be separated to a considerable extent. The two springs will enable the device to be con structed lighter and smaller than if a single spring were employed.

Fig. 7 illustrates a different use of the device, for in this case, the device is constructed as an eye glass holder. Thus, the free end of one cord 21 is attached to an eye glass E, while the free end of the other cord worn, and when the eye glass is 'idle, the

I cords 21 will be wound up within the shell 1 I to suspend the eye glass close adjacent the pin P. In this form of the device, suitable said pawls or means being the same as are I used in ordinary eye glass or spectacle holders. 7

ble, elements connected to the reel to be nora spiral spring'con- 'mally wound thereon, v .7 necting the sleeve and reel, and a second spiral spring '30 Having thus described the invention, what 7' is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the'chara cte'r, described, a shell, a rotary member mounted therein, a:

reel mounted for rotation, upon the rotary member, a flexible element connected to the reel to be normally wound thereon, a spiral spring connecting the reel and rotary member, anda second spring connected to the rotary member and shell whereby the springs act in unison to rotate the reel to wind the flexible elements'thereon,

2. In a device or" hecharacter described, a shell, a spindle therein, a sleeve mounted forrotation uponthe spindle, a reel'mounted for rotation-upon the sleeve, a pair offlexiwithin the shell connected to the sleeve and shell, both springs being elements areunwound'from the reel. 7 a V 3. In a device ofrthe character described,

a shell comprising a pair of sections, one 'having anfopening and a pair of opposite apertures adjacent said opening, a member detachably} engaged within saidopening, the otherisectionofthe shell being engaged to said member, a spindle within the shell between said. apertures and extendingthrough elements extending throughsaid apertures and attached to; the reel to be normally wound thereon, agspiral spring connecting sa1d ne1nber and sleeve, and a spiralspring connecting the sleeve and reel, the springs being adapted to be wound up' in unisonwhenthe fiexible'ele nents are unwound from the-reelL adapted to be wound when the flexible I .In testimony, that-f1; claim the foregoing 'as 'm'y own, I have hereto affixed my signa-- f ture in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnessesi'; v a. y G. M. SNODGRASS,

v I 111313 ADA soN f Copies of this patent may be obtain e'd for-five ee nts each, addressing the co mmissioner of Patents,

Washington, no.

' said member, the sections of the shell having .means receiving the ends of the spindle,.a sleeve-rotatableupon the spindle,.a reel ro 7 V "tatable .upon the sleeve, a pair of flexible j 

